Quote verification

This proves the quote below is recorded by Citatio exactly as displayed and has not been altered since it was committed and anchored. It documents Citatio's crawl observation; it does not imply endorsement by the source platform. The quote links to the original review.

“Just a quick, easy convert for free.”

Checks (re-run on this request)

• ✓ Signature — Ed25519 signature over the record hash, verified against the public key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json
• ✓ Merkle inclusion — Leaf recomputed through the sibling path to the anchored root
• ✓ Public transparency log — Sigstore Rekor log index 2542879916

Proof data

Record hash (SHA-256)

08fcac85b0fdc80d8aa6c30342de391c0b2e6bb668f2e284c4589494e568d766

Signature (Ed25519, base64)

pnNDZHJp51v+O1D7ZhRUKT/oQcS8GrbccHNxFDXA7J9DcJCkQryl3KGgRgCsHdIlETREo1Nuf9/1Kx4MJl2qAg==

Merkle root

681242bb8cfa94d3b60cc06de1bbe3e5e124dc1675276b11df0aaabc9faee58c

Merkle path

["08ff03ce3476ba1ea479c3f0027d6c97ce2e2ae8c8accb88df509c1669ebfd65","1f0bf317b44de1dc4ff6a405724c042d2e604b398176645687d9b5ceae657991","e448af5b52904b8167281b5ec68edee780cb278abda30f9663c281dfba6f56a9","5b3215bf97f96c02e855ff37390ce962871de01425182ccc72ea2c64b3820ca0","7ce71e3925438105d96c3f28afea5fcbbb94854c3f2209ed2427f12c65abbf54","2f79e898d2a17e8ef0fed00373c14b5aa476bb474e28afe654787e2fb9672571","221ea2d1219e7f4d61af8b1069f09731986cfa32c4f92378600bc240c4f55b7d","249e073829e81e3439ccf78422b8872803ac1be386ef9fe323ebddba72927b2d","8617add97553f9183ed0e539ab6ff67f65875c9a9188d27fc9b04c10df82336e","979f24eb4adbdd0b1844bb6494469eea4c33b0f6ec550213346f2cfc9818d5a9","12d1649af6e378eb21c1ab58561247841ef5f474a161b740387fc218fb58a971","37dd8004f747556e60a45fe69c451d174d47b16914c67cd7925e5ba2b1ebfd55","153ad351563f9e4de319dc32f3ff7774e0dfad0704c150aeeef6359dc7f03444","018848b1e64bb342ebfcf3461012f852a9938ad88239203d89ee764353ea1567","78eca2193b177c5ad7546ff5d365dd6cb79efa278dddff5151740888f319c0e5"]

Anchored

2026-08-21

Public log entry

search.sigstore.dev, log index 2542879916 · entry 108e9186e8c5677a2329…

Expected log hash

8337812f20bf1207a3c96eed87ab975d7e92ac1421dcded24507b32e456b788f The log entry's spec.data.hash.value must equal this value: the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string above. Recompute it yourself from the root to confirm.

Canonical record

{"dataset_version":"v1787282728402","kind":"published-quote","locale":"en","page":"comparison:smallpdf/en/cat-convert-pdf","quote":"Just a quick, easy convert for free.","rating":5,"review_date":"2026-07-20","source":"Trustpilot","source_url":"https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/6a5d79eb8a69515604884fde","v":1}

Verify in the public log

1. Open the Rekor entry (pre-filled with this proof's log index).
2. In the entry, compare spec.data.hash.value with the "Expected log hash" above: it is the SHA-256 of the Merkle root string (681242bb8cfa…), which ties this proof's root to the log entry.
3. Decode spec.signature.publicKey.content from base64: it must equal Citatio's published key at /.well-known/citatio-signing.json.
4. The entry's integratedTime is the independent timestamp: the root, and with it this quote, existed no later than that moment.
5. Locally, without any Citatio infrastructure: SHA-256 the canonical record (must equal the record hash), verify the Ed25519 signature against the public key, and fold the hash through the Merkle path (sorted-pair SHA-256) to reach the anchored root.